Micro-Swimbaits are a great way to catch fish of every size. A micro-swimbait imitates food… really, really well. Any fish that eats smaller fish will...
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What is a Gizzard Shad?
Understanding baitfish is something that can benefit all anglers. Big fish pursue and eat little fish, and while it is more important to find and...
Continue reading...How to Check the Local Water Level in a Creek or River
“Well… I suppose we can try to head upstream, but it’s going to be one heck of a workout…” You mumble to yourself, trying to...
Continue reading...How Do Largemouth Bass Smell?
Hey… you smell that? Was that you? The largemouth bass wants to know. Although taste and smell are often lumped together, these senses perform distinctly...
Continue reading...The Lateral Line of Largemouth Bass: What Bass Hear vs. What Bass FEEL
We’ve discussed the fact that largemouth bass have the same 5 primary senses that we do – but they also have another: their lateral line...
Continue reading...How Do Largemouth Bass Hear?
How well does the largemouth bass hear sound or feel vibrations? Well, water transmits sound vibrations five times better than air. Vulnerable, struggling prey send...
Continue reading...How Do Fish Eyes Work?
Much has been learned about how the eyes of fish function. That said, the following information is a combination of science and speculation. Within each...
Continue reading...What Colors Can Largemouth Bass See?
Things underwater are… different… than they are above. Movement is met with more resistance. Things sound different. Vibrations travel through water. Light is broken up...
Continue reading...Can Largemouth Bass See Us On Shore?
In the last article, we discussed the sense of sight for largemouth bass – arguably their most important sense for both hunting and ambushing prey,...
Continue reading...Largemouth Bass Senses: Sight
Bass – like us – have the typical 5 senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. But there is a sixth as well: lateral line...
Continue reading...Prey Size for Largemouth Bass – Part 2
As we mentioned in our previous article on Prey Size for Largemouth Bass, the size of a largemouth bass with have a major influence on...
Continue reading...Prey Size for Largemouth Bass
The size of an individual largemouth bass will determine prey size – the upper and lower limits of what they will hunt and ambush –...
Continue reading...Catch More Fish by Doing What Everyone ISN’T
You want to catch more fish? Try to zig when everyone else zags. We’ve talked about this many times before – but how do you...
Continue reading...What is Countershading?
Largemouth bass – and many other species of fish – exhibit an interesting coloring on the upper and lower portions of their bodies, called countershading....
Continue reading...Largemouth Bass Food Preferences Over Time
Bass are hatched – not born. When largemouth hatch, they are nourished by a yolk sac for several days while their tiny little mouths continue...
Continue reading...How do Largemouth Bass Grow?
Like weeds! MIRIGHT?! Most of the bigger bass that you come across are females. Females typically live longer than males. But why would… why would...
Continue reading...The Ideal Body Shape of a Fish
There are easily more than 20,000 species of fish found worldwide. Among these species, a multitude of body shapes exist. Different designs are adapted to...
Continue reading...The Physical Makeup of Largemouth Bass
The largemouth bass is a chunky lass. Dummy thicc, if you will. She’s a powerful fish, full of vinegar and whatnot, with a broad body...
Continue reading...How Largemouth Bass Feed
The largemouth bass is distinctly different than the brook trout. As we discussed earlier, the brook trout was at one time the most popular gamefish...
Continue reading...Meet the Largemouth Bass: Mr. & Mrs. Generalist
Every species of fish has certain characteristics and abilities that help them survive and thrive in different environments. Catfish are known to be “swimming tongues”,...
Continue reading...How to Identify Florida Strain Largemouth
There are two distinct subspecies of largemouth bass. The northern largemouth (Micropterus salmoides salmoides) and the Florida largemouth (Micropterus salmoides floridanus). These two subspecies interbreed...
Continue reading...How to Identify Rare Black Bass
So that picture… those teeth… ugh… that’s not a bass, it’s a goblin shark. The goblin shark is a rare creature with a lineage dating...
Continue reading...How to Identify Guadalupe Bass
The Guadapule bass (Micropterus treculii) is native to the Guadalupe River drainage in central Texas. A small fish, closely related to the spotted bass, the...
Continue reading...How to Identify Suwannee Bass
The Suwannee bass (Micropterus notius) is another species that prefers the waters of small rivers. Suwannees inhabit low-gradient black-water streams in Florida and south Georgia,...
Continue reading...How to Identify Shoal Bass
Many anglers and biologists widely recognize the shoal bass (Micropterus cataractae) as a distinct species. The slender fish is similar to both smallmouth and redeye...
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